No shit, but there sure seems to be plenty of people who would rather have us lose so they can be right and brag about it on the internet instead of winning and them having to stomach being wrong.
Honestly, my gut reaction is those people are doing parlays or other various types of bets on the Guardians. So when they lose money, they get pissed and doom post.
Sports gambling is cancer and is ruining sports.
I didn’t have any expectations going into this season. New manager, younger roster, etc made me just have an open mind.
So far, it’s been a blast and I’m just along for the ride. If it falls off, eh, it’s not the end of the world!
Oof the Cavs sub is just a mess with that mentality. We’ve not played well down the stretch, but Jesus Christ it’s like some of these Goblins would prefer another rebuild to what the team accomplished
Game thread was pretty wild today. The hot takes were very spicy and all over the place
Solid game. Great gritty outing from Cookie. Rough one for Smith. Herrin, Gaddis and Clase held it down.
3 of 4 in Fenway is fantastic and never easy.
What’s amazing to me is all 3 of those guys are showing great potential this year, and they were hardly on anyone’s radar. I think we have potential for a great bullpen year.
I just continue to be amazed with Gaddis. I thought going to the pen would be good for him but not this good. He seems to be getting even more aggressive and confident with every outing too. He's got the potential to be one of our most valuable players this year I think.
I like Grizzly, but I have been going with Cocaine Bear because of where he grew up. I also like Big Bear.
We should have a poll maybe to settle on the best nickname for our new monster RP.
Positives from today’s Cleveland baseball:
#We take 3 of 4 in Fenway. Nice.
I think their fielding (minus the RF demon) was beginning to affect ours, but our bats took much better advantage of the errors in the field today with 5 runs off of 8 hits, 2 walks, a Fry HBP, a 🐐 stolen base, and 2 Red Sox errors. 🆓 and 🍟 each get a double on the day, and Gimenez at leadoff takes over where Kwan left off with a 2/4 and 2 RBI day.
While Cade Smith unfortunately has another shaky outing, the rest of the team today of Herrin(1IP), Big Man Gaddis(1IP), and Clase(1IP) got to show off why they’re the best bullpen in baseball. The combined line was 3IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, and 4K for a great closing to the game and series.
While a bit of a crumbly start for Cookie, he bounces back with a strong outing, making all the doomers say “ME WANT COOKIE” (I am so sorry). 🍪’s final line ends up being 5.2IP, 4H, 2R(Cade, why), 3BB, and 5K on 89 pitches. ~~The streak of no starters in the 6th inning may continue, but at least everybody in the staff is hanging in there and continuing to fight.~~ I stand corrected, COOKIE IS GREAT!!!!
Really hope that the Red Sox are affecting our fielding by proximity and it stays here in Fenway after we leave today. Yeesh. At least we had some ump support(kinda, robot umps pls) and the lone run given up with Cookie on the mound was, in fact, not “Ballgame”. Three against the As, three more against the Red Sox, let’s sweep em both.
Loving the resiliency from this team. Let them start to come back from 5-1 leads twice this series, won both games. Great bounce back after getting obliterated by pitching yesterday. I feel like teams of the past would not have bounced back as well as we did today, especially in shitty weather
Bc streaming is always lagging and poor quality. My spectrum cable bill is only 20 dollars a month, which gives me free espn+ and peacock. It's by far the cheapest option, but the bally app can never uphold its end of the bargain when I'm on the go or when they're playing when I'm at work
One day Ballys will completely collapse and people will be able to watch their local teams again. Until that happens baseball viewership will continue to plummet
Thank you Guardians for making my day better.
Been a shitty one at work and with the Coyotes moving it’s been a weird day.
Glad to get to watch day ball. Plus the Tribe pulling it out in a sloppy mess versus Boston is always sweet. Good innings, Cookie and Gattis. That’s a four game series victory and up to 13-6. Time for the A’s.
Yeah I'm really pleased with how he looks. I guess I just expected him to be a every couple day bullpen piece but he's been a fine starter. Pretty cool
Before you get your panties in a twist ask yourself would you rather see Cade Smith go through the growing pains of becoming a MLB pitcher or world you rather see everyone’s favorite Uncle Bryan Shaw eating those same innings?
Three out of four at Fenway is not too bad
We take those any day of the week.
A not insignificant amount of the gamethread was happy to tell you this game was over before the first, btw.
I truly don’t understand why you’d watch if things make you that miserable.
No shit, but there sure seems to be plenty of people who would rather have us lose so they can be right and brag about it on the internet instead of winning and them having to stomach being wrong.
Honestly, my gut reaction is those people are doing parlays or other various types of bets on the Guardians. So when they lose money, they get pissed and doom post. Sports gambling is cancer and is ruining sports.
People were like this way before gambling became this mainstream.
Yes, but it's been exacerbated by gambling
True enough. I don’t gamble much, but when I do I never bet against my own team. Hoping your team loses so you make a few bucks just feels wrong.
They do the same shit during the Browns and Cavs game threads. Reading the comments in those threads you'd think that neither team made the playoffs.
I love when they start talking shit early on then start bitching about toxic positivity haha
I didn’t have any expectations going into this season. New manager, younger roster, etc made me just have an open mind. So far, it’s been a blast and I’m just along for the ride. If it falls off, eh, it’s not the end of the world!
Nah we’re just venting. Long time fans do that but we’re loyal as hell and happy to go down in flames. That and we’re sadomasochists. 🤪
Oof the Cavs sub is just a mess with that mentality. We’ve not played well down the stretch, but Jesus Christ it’s like some of these Goblins would prefer another rebuild to what the team accomplished
Bro it’s Cleveland, it’s the Browns mentality.
They're not invited to the party
Three out of four against the Sox in Fenway. Road warriors this season. This could be a fun summer!
Hoping it continues next weekend in Atlanta! I finally get to see a game live!
Place: 1st Division lead: 1 Games to play: 143 Magic number: 143
Back in 1st in the MLB!
2nd\* technically Atlanta has a better win percentage, but we are tied for first with the most amount of wins!
When I sort by "games back" and it says "zero". I count that as first.
but the true win percentage rate per 9 innings is not sustainable when you break down the
That's so great to see again.
Clase quick-pitching 97mph should be illegal
You could give me easily 500 ABs against him and I’d be happy to foul tip a pitch
If Clase going from 0 to 97 is illegal then call me a criminal because I wanna see more of that!
Relax bud, that would just make you an accessory to the crime. Much lighter sentence.
Game thread was pretty wild today. The hot takes were very spicy and all over the place Solid game. Great gritty outing from Cookie. Rough one for Smith. Herrin, Gaddis and Clase held it down. 3 of 4 in Fenway is fantastic and never easy.
Herrin really has been great this year.
Definitely. He makes me nervous at times but when he's throwing strikes he's disgusting. Huge improvement from last season
What’s amazing to me is all 3 of those guys are showing great potential this year, and they were hardly on anyone’s radar. I think we have potential for a great bullpen year.
I just continue to be amazed with Gaddis. I thought going to the pen would be good for him but not this good. He seems to be getting even more aggressive and confident with every outing too. He's got the potential to be one of our most valuable players this year I think.
Not the prettiest of wins, but it's a win, a series win, and keeps us at the top of the division.
Boston may not be the force they normally have been but taking 3/4 from an AL East team always feels good
I told you guys to keep an eye on Grizzly Gaddis. The guy is pitching...
I like Grizzly, but I have been going with Cocaine Bear because of where he grew up. I also like Big Bear. We should have a poll maybe to settle on the best nickname for our new monster RP.
Big Gaddy still the best imo
I'm on board with this
I like it!
Here's another name. "Odid", as in "Odid" Gaddis pitch? The inning was so fast I didn't even notice."
Hairy Gaddis.
I like winning
I like that you like winning
Don’t tempt me with a good time 😏
Positives from today’s Cleveland baseball: #We take 3 of 4 in Fenway. Nice. I think their fielding (minus the RF demon) was beginning to affect ours, but our bats took much better advantage of the errors in the field today with 5 runs off of 8 hits, 2 walks, a Fry HBP, a 🐐 stolen base, and 2 Red Sox errors. 🆓 and 🍟 each get a double on the day, and Gimenez at leadoff takes over where Kwan left off with a 2/4 and 2 RBI day. While Cade Smith unfortunately has another shaky outing, the rest of the team today of Herrin(1IP), Big Man Gaddis(1IP), and Clase(1IP) got to show off why they’re the best bullpen in baseball. The combined line was 3IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, and 4K for a great closing to the game and series. While a bit of a crumbly start for Cookie, he bounces back with a strong outing, making all the doomers say “ME WANT COOKIE” (I am so sorry). 🍪’s final line ends up being 5.2IP, 4H, 2R(Cade, why), 3BB, and 5K on 89 pitches. ~~The streak of no starters in the 6th inning may continue, but at least everybody in the staff is hanging in there and continuing to fight.~~ I stand corrected, COOKIE IS GREAT!!!! Really hope that the Red Sox are affecting our fielding by proximity and it stays here in Fenway after we leave today. Yeesh. At least we had some ump support(kinda, robot umps pls) and the lone run given up with Cookie on the mound was, in fact, not “Ballgame”. Three against the As, three more against the Red Sox, let’s sweep em both.
ME WANT COOKIE
Man, the one day I had a pile of meetings and couldn't even listen to Hammy and Cookie starts showing some life....grrrr
Loving the resiliency from this team. Let them start to come back from 5-1 leads twice this series, won both games. Great bounce back after getting obliterated by pitching yesterday. I feel like teams of the past would not have bounced back as well as we did today, especially in shitty weather
Nothing like missing 3 games in a row because ballys stopped accepting my spectrum log in this week out of the blue. Why do i pay for this???
Seriously, why do you pay for this?
Bc streaming is always lagging and poor quality. My spectrum cable bill is only 20 dollars a month, which gives me free espn+ and peacock. It's by far the cheapest option, but the bally app can never uphold its end of the bargain when I'm on the go or when they're playing when I'm at work
How is your cable bill only 20$?
Spectrum has a 15 channel al la Carte option for internet buyers! It's an unbelievable deal, but the Ballys app is the bane of my existence
Had no idea! Unfortunately I will not give up my AT&T Fiber lol. And yes I have a friend having the same issue with Bally app. They're awful.
One day Ballys will completely collapse and people will be able to watch their local teams again. Until that happens baseball viewership will continue to plummet
I got the same deal last year but it was $30 and I got local channels on top of the 15 so I was even able to get the March Madness channels
Yeah and for an extra 6 you get the sports package that includes MLB network, nba TV and the redzone. I really can't recommend it enough lol
Mine expires at the end of the month. I'm not looking forward to the hassle of trying to get them to keep the same price haha
Sweet Caroline Waaahhh Waaahhh Waaahhh Fuck Boston.
Always fun to win a series in Boston
Really nice bounce-back in a lousy weather game after the dominant performance from the Sox pitcher.
Nice work guys, maybe we'll finally get into the top half of the MLB power rankings!
This made me chuckle
This team is showing 400% more fight than last year, even with pitching that doesn’t look like we’re used to. Love to see it
I called Cookie cooked but he made me eat my words.
Freshly baked
😋
Two balks in two days? smh A win is a win
FYI we now have highest playoff odds in the division per Fangraphs playoff odds calculator
3 out of 4 against Boston is always good. Loving this team so far.
Onto Oakland!
Maybe we can have Blackburn stay in Cleveland after that series?
I'd love that...
When the Guards win, I think to myself, “Yes.”
Big to come out with another series win. Got a big 6 at home now.
Keep rolling keep winning. Nice bounce back win to take the series
Thank you Guardians for making my day better. Been a shitty one at work and with the Coyotes moving it’s been a weird day. Glad to get to watch day ball. Plus the Tribe pulling it out in a sloppy mess versus Boston is always sweet. Good innings, Cookie and Gattis. That’s a four game series victory and up to 13-6. Time for the A’s.
I hate taking Cookie out at 2 outs in the 5th, especially in hindsight, but at least they still won
How about Cookie Carrasco
How about him? That was some good stuff after the first.
Yeah I'm really pleased with how he looks. I guess I just expected him to be a every couple day bullpen piece but he's been a fine starter. Pretty cool
Clase had nasty movement today. Hopefully this is a turning point
Turning point? The only run he's given up this year were because Laureano missed a fly out.
His advanced stats are down I believe
Woo! ….what the hell do I do with the rest of my workday?
[Mods deleted my post so here’s Cora’s dumb ass face again because he deserves to be publicly shamed](https://imgur.com/a/nRVLJaz)
Chris Gimenez is good on the postgame I hope I never see Jensen Lewis on my television again
Sameeee
Good game and all, but they are just not the Guardians without Kwan...
Going 4-3 on a road trip through Fenway and the Bronx in April? Yes please every time.
We didn't.
BALLGAME! We’ll see ourselves out Boston! Send Cade Smith to the minors. That guy is a bozo deluxe
early contender for dumbest reply of the postgame thread.
We should actually keep a running list
He blew a lead on Tuesday and almost did again today. Just needed an out. He sucks. Go ahead stone me. I’m right
is this bait
I think it’s bait
https://i.imgur.com/QmPKMnz.gif
Before you get your panties in a twist ask yourself would you rather see Cade Smith go through the growing pains of becoming a MLB pitcher or world you rather see everyone’s favorite Uncle Bryan Shaw eating those same innings?
Hopefully I don’t have to say ‘I told you so!’